US vice president JD Vance has been met with pro-Palestine protesters as he arrived in Scotland for his family holiday to the UK.
Donald Trump’s second-in-command landed at Prestwick Airport on Wednesday evening before travelling with a large motorcade to the Carnell Estate near Kilmarnock in East Ayrshire.
He was greeted at the resort by dozens of pro-Palestine protesters, who accused him of supporting Israel's genocide in Gaza.
The demonstrated were kettled by police as they bashed pots and pans, waved Palestine flags and shouted pro-Palestine chants.
Police had initially told the protesters they would need to move and that officers would do so if they refused to leave to a different space nearby.
The National previously told how protesters were expected to gather outside the estate as the vice president arrived.
Campaigners from Mothers Against Genocide and Stop Trump UK urged protesters to gather outside the estate "to make as much noise as possible for the people of Gaza".
Airspace restrictions are in place around the estate until Sunday.
Vance will reportedly spend five days in Scotland – the same amount of time his boss did during his trip to the country last month.
President Trump split his stay between his golf courses in South Ayrshire and Aberdeenshire, during which time he met the First Minister and Prime Minister.
A spokesperson for Police Scotland said: “This visit requires a significant police operation and we have appropriate resources in place using local, national and specialist officers from across Police Scotland.”
Vance had been holidaying in the Cotswolds, but travelled to the Foreign Secretary’s Chevening House retreat in Kent on Friday.
